speculate

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Thinking and contemplating
a brown studyidiom
agonize
agonize over/about something
beard-stroking
bethink
grapple
harbour
heart-searching
hit on/upon something
I/we'll (have to) seeidiom
in the cold light of dayidiom
introspect
navel
reckon
revisit
reweigh
rumination
run through someone's mind/headidiom
scratch your headidiom
weigh

Examples of musing

musing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Interspersed with his infectious humour, his musings were a literal godsend to an eager if inexperienced doctoral student.
He doesn't clearly say, although some of his musings might lead us to surmise that he doesn't.
Such musings may reflect an absurdly incautious optimism.
Rather, it presents some musings on what we have gained from his work in the world of musicology.
The acceptance by their peers of their musical musings and ideas is as important as other peer-sanctioned behaviours.
His musings informed his creative processes, notably his handling of operatic time and space relationships.
As early as the 1740s the instrument began to infiltrate the poetic imagination, becoming a frequent subject for romantic musing.
Perhaps this actually helped us to avoid offering any hasty conclusions, and so we were left musing on a number of parallel themes.
The book does have a number of strengths, and is at its best when musing on the impact androids will have on society.
It is important to note that when we say "philosophical reflections" we do not mean ethereal musings.
The most telling feature is the length of the essay, since the irrelevant musings (cf. section 2) type of essay tends to be quite short.
The philosophic stance and spiritual musings provide strength and comfort to the members of the bereaved family.
Claims of knowing our intent are odd, particularly in a field hampered by skeptical outsiders' musings about the ideologies and motives of its practitioners.
Finally, and probably most importantly, these were not its private musings but formally documented official positions.
The personal web page was thus made accessible to the non-technologically minded and could become a space for one's daily musings.
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